C#mF#
French Quarter, quarter to four
C#mF#
The town is empty like a nuclear war
C#mF#
The levee broke on Pontchartrain
C#mF#
I'm feeling blue like John Coltrane
BEbmE
Oh its fine baby
BEbmEE7
Oh I swear its fine, lover
C#mF#
Carpetbagger tried to fix my house
C#mF#
Low baller tried to put me out
C#mF#
At least I got my gospel stone
C#mF#
My house fell into the swamp
BEbmE
Well I need somebody to help me out
BEbmE
I've lost it all but I've got my health
BBb/B
You, you oughta know
G#m
You've been kicking me around
F#E
And I don't want to lose my own home
EbmC#m
It ain't no joke; I was raised in this town
C#mEbmEF#B
The south is in my blood
Bb/BG#m
Its in the mud, they were clearing out my house
F#EEbm
But I teared it all down to the stud, all this love
C#mF#7
Is what's fixing my house, fixing up my house
Solo:
C# - Eb, EC#mF#C#mF#
I ain't no refugee, I'm a person can't you see
C#mF#
Lord I'm humbled from what I see
BEbmE
Oh you are the one that can build me up
BEbmE
I've lost it all but I've got your health
BBb/BG#m
You, you oughta know, they've been kicking me around
F#EEbm
And I still don't want to leave my own home, it ain't no joke
C#mC#mEbmEF#B
I was born in this town; the south is in my blood
Bb/BG#m
Its in the mud, they're clearing down my house
F#E
And tearing everything down to the stud
EbmC#mF#7
All this love, is gonna fix up my house; fix up my house, hey hey!
Solo:
G#mF#EbC#mBBb/BG#m
Oh you, you oughta know, I've lost everything
F#EEbmC#m
But I still have my soul, and my home, I believe in you
C#mEbmEF#BBb/BG#m
You, you oughta know, I've been kicked around
F#EEbm
But no way I'm gonna give up my home, it ain't no joke
C#mC#mEbmEF#B
I been born in this town, the south is in my blood
Bb/BG#m
Its in the mud, you'll be clearing out my house
F#EEbmC#m
You're ripping everything down to the stud, all this love, is gonna fix up my house
F#7C#mF#C#mF#C#mF#BEbmE
Fix up my house!